Damien of Molokai

TheCatholicCompany.com: Molokai – The Story of Father Damien (DVD)
$14.99 Product Description To deal with the leprosy problem in the Hawaiian Islands in 1872, sufferers were relentlessly exiled to Molokai, a barren isle off the coast. There they lived in miserabl…

TheCatholicCompany.com: Molokai – The Story of Father Damien (DVD)
$14.99 Product Description To deal with the leprosy problem in the Hawaiian Islands in 1872, sufferers were relentlessly exiled to Molokai, a barren isle off the coast. There they lived in miserab…

The Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY: ABOUT THE LIFE OF: St. Damien of Molokai
On a farm in a small town in Belguim, a baby was born on January 3, 1840.  Jozef De Veuster was the seventh child in the family, and he grew to be muscular and strong.    Because of difficult econo…

Molokai-Mainland Sweet Potato Palau
In honor of St. Damien of Molokai, Hawaii’s patron saint, we made Molokai sweet potato palau. As we do not have Hawaiian ingredients readily available on the mainland, such as purple Molokai sweet …

HawaiiMagazine.com: Hawaii’s Father Damien: From priesthood to sainthood
Hawaii celebrates its first official Catholic saint, Father Damien de Veuster, this weekend in Rome and in the Islands. Several hundred Hawaii residents have traveled halfway around the world to at…

Wikipedia: Father Damien
Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokaʻi, SS.CC. or Saint Damien de Veuster (Dutch: Pater Damiaan or Heilige Damiaan van Molokai, Hawaiian: Pāpā Kamiano o Molokaʻi; January 3, 1840 – April 15, 188…

CatholicNewsAgency: St. Damien of Molokai's life of sacrifice remembered May 10
The Catholic Church will remember St. Damien of Molokai on May 10. The Belgian priest sacrificed his life and health to become a spiritual father to the victims of leprosy quarantined on a Hawaiian…

NewAdvent.org: Father Damien (Joseph de Veuster)
Missionary priest, born at Tremeloo, Belgium, 3 January 1840; died at Molokai, Hawaii, 15 April 1889. His father, a small farmer, sent him to a college at Braine-le-Comte, to prepare for a commerci…

EWTN: DAMIEN THE LEPER
Every age has its stories of heroic men and women whose faith challenges them to reach out in heroic love and service to alleviate the sufferings of their brothers and sisters.  This is the story o…